Major crops and water scarcity in Egypt : irrigation water management under changing climate / Samiha Ouda.

This book includes multi-disciplinary quantifications of the effect of climate change on water requirements of wheat, maize, rice and sugarcane. Furthermore, it provides on-farm management that faces water scarcity under current situation and under climate change. Changing cultivation method (raised...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Ouda, Samiha A. H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2016]
Series:SpringerBriefs in water science and technology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evapotranspiration under Changing Climate
  • Water Requirements for Major Crops
  • Significance of Reduction of Applied Irrigation Water to Wheat Crop
  • Combating Adverse Consequences of Climate Change on Maize Crop.-High Water Consuming Crops under Control: Case of Rice Crop
  • High Water Consuming Crops under Control: Case of Sugarcane Crop
  • Unconventional solution to increase crop production under water scarcity
  • Recommendations to Policy Makers to Face Water Scarcity.